The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-06-15

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1t would have been selfish in a crowded
car. We lust now remember being in a
car many years ago crowded with preach
ers going to Conference. 1t had so hap
pened that number of the preachers
had well filled certain seat and also the
space in front of it with their baggage.
BY packing and piling high up brother '
made room enough to squeeze himself
in. 1t was tight fit. Brother X, sew
eral seats ahead, looking round and see
ing but one head in that seat, charged V
in the hearing of all aboard with being
selfish. V replied that he would ex-
change place with X, but not judgment.
Learning the situation more fully X de-
clined the offered exchange and made no
apology for his hasty speech. He was
and is, we doubt not, good Christian
man. He only judged before the time.
Never saw crops cleaner, nor do re-
member ever to have known the seasons
more as the farmers would have them,
though they are rather puzzled to find
words to suit the ola cnOruS:
"Times as hard did never see.
It's always 'haw' and never gee"
At Newberry Rev. McSwain Attaway
came aboard. Along the way got bet
ter acquainted with the little boy knew
wears ago. At Ninety-Six Rev. w. S.
Wightman joined us and left us at
Hodges where we took the "branch" to
Abbeville.
The two claims on and for the editor
were so arranged that I met both-tirst
with Editor Hugh Wilson to the Press
and Banner office where almost every
thing necessary to a first-class printing
office is to be found, new and in order,
utilized by corps Of clever printers who
do much work and make little fuss. Un-
der the same roof'is tastefully furnished
and neatly kept bachelors Hail." This
room is also the editorial sanctum where
he cullS out and hammers forth from his
own level head the filling of his excel
lent and mammoth weekly. The Boss
and his employees made our coming in
and going out among them altogether
pleasant. This with the kindness of the
other claim shown us at the Station par
sonage-Brother and Sister Jackson
. made our stay refreshing and seemingly
very short.
Want OF time made our calls at the Of
fee of the Medium, and at the office of
Messenger necessarily short. Three pa
pers in the venerable, wealthy and pro-
gressive town Of Abbeville. When I
first knew the place more than fifty
years ago, I think it had but one paper,
the Abbevile Wing, and if remember
correctly its size was somewhat less than
the NEIGHBoR.
A visit to the families of our old friends
F. c. DuPre and Major Zeigler, and
specially to that venerable mother in Is
rael, Mrs. Dendy, revived memories
pleasant and sad. The call to see the
young lady in her own office whose deft
fingers have no little to do in setting up
the thousands of ems that go into our
paper every week, afforded us pleasure,
instruction and also confirmation of our
notions of girls learning to print.
OF our lecture on Peace in the Meth
odist church Wednesday night (25th)
we have nothing to say, only we had an
intelligent audience and i'll size beyond
what we had expected.
The foregoing was written on the run
ming train. Doubt your ability to make
it out, Possibly it might help you to de-
cipher some things in the writing if you
were to take the train and read and guess
as you run.
Thursday pulled away from attentive
Anderson, arriving in time to brush, alb
lutte, and at $50 p. m, 60 to the "Church
in the Valley" and give respectable
audience plain talk on Peace-pastor
W. S. Wightman and others of the cler-
gy present. Some Of the hearers looked
as though some "strange things had come
to their ears"
Saturday walked around and about
finding here and there one we knew forty
years ago, standing like stalk the reap
ers had failed TO cut down. Felt some
thing like stranger, though in my ma
tive county. A call at the offices of the
Anderson Journal and the Anderson IN
telligencer made us feel that we were not
a foreigner, though in our boyhood days
there was no paper published in Ander-
son. The Pendleton Messenger, F. w.
Symmes, Editor, was the only paper pub
lished, we think, in what is now the ter
ritory of Anderson, Pickens and Oconee
counties.
Friday evening walked ten furlongs
west from the town and lodged with
nephew Evins Browne-was glad to
make better acquaintance with his fam
lily and his joint lady occupants of ca
pacious and com Portable dwelling.
Miss Blanche, who knows how to har-
ness horse and hold the reins, gave her
uncle safe buggy ride into town Satur-
day morning in time to visit two old time
s-ladies-before leaving for
Belton.
The Methodists, here as in Abbeville
. have fine meeting house on the way te
completion. Pastors Wightman, Ander
son-and Jackson, Abbeville-have theil
hands full, and are working carefully
that nothing spill over.